XiaoYu Wrote:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865556/
Trailers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865556/trai...e706502451
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7ny2bfXF0
I just found out about this movie and I'm psyched not only because it'll have Jet Li and Jackie Chan together in the same movie, but it's apparently also starring two Chinese actresses currently very popular in China that I've admired for awhile: Li Bing Bing and Liu Yi Fei (who's only 20!). I'm really happy that they're making it to an international stage, regardless of how well the movie does.
From what I can tell, the plot is that an American kid somehow comes across the (in)famous staff of the Monkey King, a legendary Chinese folk superhero from a famous and really fun old myth called Journey to the West. The written novel Journey to the West is considered one of China's 4 literary masterpieces and the Monkey King is known throughout China, if not most of East Asia.
On the down side, Hollywood has to pick one of the most beloved Chinese legends and heroes to bastardize. They have enough trouble just bringing American superheroes to life on the big screen, so I can imagine the butcheration that's going to happen here. Even to me, having the kid there feels strange, as it always does when Hollywood inserts modern Americans into ancient, and often cherished, ethnic legends or cultures. Then again, it could be really interesting to see what they do to the original plot.
I'm also disappointed that they don't seem to speak any Chinese at all in the trailer, but I guess Chinese people speaking Chinese in an ancient Chinese setting would've been too much to ask... :p
Anyway, I'm still very much looking forward to this movie despite hating to see the original plotline majorly messed with. I'm excited to see Jackie, Jet and especially the two actresses. Plus, if this movie'll bring more attention to the fabulous Monkey King, it'll be worth the pain.
Kenji Wrote:I still wish Bruce Lee is alive....Ditto that... At least his legacy of bringing attention to martial arts lives on.
Anders Monsen Wrote:I've heard about this movie for a couple of years now. Usually if you see a trailer for a foreign film in America there never is any dialog if the movie is in the original tongue and contains subtitles. Check the trailers for these movies: The Curse of the Golden Flower, The House of Flying Daggers, Hero, The Brotherhood of the Wolf, Amelie.
Three are Chinese, two are French. All contain subtitles, and none that I remember had any dialog in the trailers. The reason? Most Americans (and probably other people elsewhere) don't want to see a movie where they have to read and watch the action. I saw several of these on the big screen, and remember in at least two of them that people walked out when they saw it was a "foreign" movie.
Anders Monsen Wrote:That said, I'm looking forward to the movie. To see Jackie Chan in the company of 'actors' other than Chris Rock and Owen Wilson would make me weep for joy.
XiaoYu Wrote:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865556/
Trailers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0865556/trai...e706502451
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE7ny2bfXF0
I just found out about this movie and I'm psyched not only because it'll have Jet Li and Jackie Chan together in the same movie, but it's apparently also starring two Chinese actresses currently very popular in China that I've admired for awhile: Li Bing Bing and Liu Yi Fei (who's only 20!). I'm really happy that they're making it to an international stage, regardless of how well the movie does.
From what I can tell, the plot is that an American kid somehow comes across the (in)famous staff of the Monkey King, a legendary Chinese folk superhero from a famous and really fun old myth called Journey to the West. The written novel Journey to the West is considered one of China's 4 literary masterpieces and the Monkey King is known throughout China, if not most of East Asia.
On the down side, Hollywood has to pick one of the most beloved Chinese legends and heroes to bastardize. They have enough trouble just bringing American superheroes to life on the big screen, so I can imagine the butcheration that's going to happen here. Even to me, having the kid there feels strange, as it always does when Hollywood inserts modern Americans into ancient, and often cherished, ethnic legends or cultures. Then again, it could be really interesting to see what they do to the original plot.
I'm also disappointed that they don't seem to speak any Chinese at all in the trailer, but I guess Chinese people speaking Chinese in an ancient Chinese setting would've been too much to ask... :p
Anyway, I'm still very much looking forward to this movie despite hating to see the original plotline majorly messed with. I'm excited to see Jackie, Jet and especially the two actresses. Plus, if this movie'll bring more attention to the fabulous Monkey King, it'll be worth the pain.
XiaoYu Wrote:From what I can tell, the plot is that an American kid somehow comes across the (in)famous staff of the Monkey King, a legendary Chinese folk superhero from a famous and really fun old myth called Journey to the West. The written novel Journey to the West is considered one of China's 4 literary masterpieces and the Monkey King is known throughout China, if not most of East Asia.